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overclock /oh'vr-klok'/ vt.
To operate a CPU or other
digital logic device at a rate higher than it was designed for,
under the assumption that the manufacturer put some slop into
the specification to account for manufacturing
tolerances. Overclocking something can result in intermittent
crashes, and can even burn things out, since power dissipation
is directly proportional to clock frequency. People who make a
hobby of this are sometimes called "overclockers"; they are
thrilled that they can run their 450MHz CPU at 500MHz, even though
they can only tell the difference by running a benchmark program.
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